The microbial transformation of anthranilic acid (1) by the marine-mudflat-derived fungus Thielavia sp. produced an antibacterial polycyclic quinazoline alkaloid, thielaviazoline (2). The stereostructure of the metabolite was assigned based on detailed spectroscopic data analyses including comparison of the NMR (¹H and ¹³C) data with those of reported compound (2). Compound 2 displayed in vitro antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MDRSA), with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 6.25 and 12.5 µg/mL, respectively. Compound 2 also showed potent radical-scavenging activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) with an IC₅₀ of 11 µM, which was more active than the positive control, L-ascorbic acid (IC₅₀, 20.0 µM).
Ascorbic Acid ; Fungi* ; In Vitro Techniques ; Methicillin Resistance ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Staphylococcus aureus ; Statistics as Topic